Isaiah 2:8

8 Their land is 1filled with idols; they bow down to 2the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made.

Isaiah 2:8 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 2:8

Their land also is full of idols
Of the Virgin Mary, and of saints departed, whose images are set up to be worshipped in all their churches, and had in private houses:

and they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own
fingers have made;
namely, idols of gold, silver, brass, wood, and stone, ( Revelation 9:20 ) .

Isaiah 2:8 In-Context

6 For you have rejected your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of things from the east and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
7 Their land is filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; their land is filled with horses, and there is no end to their chariots.
8 Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made.
9 So man is humbled, and each one is brought low-- do not forgive them!
10 Enter into the rock and hide in the dust from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty.

Cross References 2

  • 1. ver. 18, 20; Isaiah 10:10, 11; Jeremiah 2:28
  • 2. See Isaiah 44:9-17
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